Order of scuds or sideswimmers (in arthropod subphylum Crustacea, class Malacostraca) lacking a carapace, having uniramous thoracopods and a small telson that projects from the abdomen and is narrower than the body.

POLLUTION TOLERANCE

Less Sensitive

Diagnostic Characters

Order

2 Pairs of Antennae

Body Hardened on Outside

Carapace Absent

Compressed Body

Narrow Telson

Over 3 Pairs of Jointed, Unbranched Legs

+ Expanded Character List

lacking a carapace, having uniramous thoracopods and a small telson that projects from the abdomen and is narrower than the body.

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